Hours before the first pitch of a recent MLB game, Chicago Cubs pitcher Ben Brown is throwing fastballs to loosen up a group of Miami Marlins hitters at Miami's LoanDepot Park.

But Brown hasn't turned traitor. In fact, he likely has no idea he is helping out tonight's opponents to adapt to his pitching style.

Rather a recording of his pitches is being projected onto the screen of the Trajekt Arc, a futuristic 1,200-pound pitch-replicating robot located in the bowels of the Marlins' home arena.

The machine is the bleeding edge of baseball tech, and just one of the many ways that the team has embraced the sport's technological revolution. Marlins hitters use it to be able to see a near perfect replica of opposing pitching well before game time.

The Trajekt Arc has a two-piece video scree

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